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R. EMERSON.

WATBRMOTOR. No. 392,017. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

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RICHARD EMERSON, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN ,ASSIGN OR OF ON E-HALF TO THE RACINE MALLEABLE AND VROUGHI IRON COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-IVIOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming pari; of Letters Patent No. 392,017, dated October 30, 1888.

l Application filed July 5, ISES. Serial No. 279,012. (No model.)

` To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD EMnRsoN, of Racine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new Vand useful Improvements in Water-Motors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to water-motors; and

it consists in certain peculiarities ot construcio tion and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan View of lny motor, partly broken away; Fig.

2, a transverse section on line 2-2, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a similar view on line 3 3, same Ligure; and Fig. 4, an under side View of the drive-wheel that'fornis part ofthe motor.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A rep- 2o resents a circular casing provided with three depending chambers, B, C, and D. The chainbers B C are parallel to each other and respectively communicate with the chamber D, the latter being at rightangles to the ones iirst named and provided with a discharge opening, E, as illustrated in Fig. l. The depending communicatingchanibers B, C, and I) together form a base for the entire device, and in order that the latter may be made fast to a 5o door or other suitable support I prefer to provide said base with aseries of ears, a, that are individually provided with an opening, b, for the passage of a bolt or screw, the construction just described being illustrated in Fig. 2.

Between the chambers B C, and adjacent to the chamber D, the casing Ais provided with a central opening, in which is rigidly secured the central depending portion, F, of a T- shaped water-chest, G, that extends equally in 4o opposite directions from the center of its depending portion, the latter being provided with screw-threads c, for engagement with a service-pipe.

It is necessary that the watervchest G- bc providedvwith at least one outlet-opening, and I therefore fit a nozzle, H, in one side of said chest at or near an end thereof. The one nozzle under some circumstances will be sulicient; but I prefer to provide the water-chest 5o G with another nozzle, I, the latter being located at the opposite end and on the opposite side of said chest from the nozzle H, as is best illustrated in Fig. l. I also prefer to 'provide the nozzle I with a depending portion, I', that serves as a guide for a cut-olli', J, the stem J 55 of the latter being extended down through the bottom of the casing A to connect with a slotted lever, J, that is pivotally secured to ears d on the stuffing-box e for said stem, and while I have shown the cut-oitJ in connection with 6o one ofthe nozzles it is obvious that I may apply the same construction to both nozzles.

Secured to the inside of the casing A, on op-` posite sides of the water-chest C, are incline'd plates IQ that extend inward over the ehambers B C, and each of these plates has the in ner portion of its width at the upper end turned up to form a lip, f, as best illustrated in Fig. 3.

Screwthreaded or otherwise rigidly secured 7o to the water-chest G, so as to extend up from the center thereof, is a pest, L, that serves as ajournal for the hub M of a disk, N, this disk being offset at a certain distance from its center to form a vertical inner recess, 7L, and a 75 horizontal outward extension, N', the latter having its edge provided with a vertically-de pending iiange, i. Upon the under side of the ,5 extension N of the disk N are a series of tan` gential buckets or floats, O, arranged at regu- 8o lar intervals, said buckets or floats being preferably so constructed that each one thereof presents a curved vertical portion, j, and an inwardly-beveled face, as best illustrated by Fig. 4. The disk N is designed to have Verti- 8 5 cal play on the post L; but this play in an up` ward direction is limited by means of a iianged ring, P, that ts in close against the rim ofthe casing A, to form therewith a water tight joint, this ring being of a width sufficient to go nearly or quite overlap the offset extension N of said disk. The ring P is provided with a series ot' outwardly-projecting ears, 7c, that register with similar ears, m, on the casing A, and bolts or screws a, passed through these registering ears, serve to hold said ring down in the position above described. rIhe lipsf of the plates K extend u p toward the recessed portion h of the disk N, and that portion of each plate that is next adjacent to said lips, roo

but not turned up, comes close under the buckets O on the offset extension N of said disk,l

this construction and arrangement of parts serving the purpose to be hereinafter more fully described.

Screw-threaded in the hub M of the disk N is a step, Q, that normally rests upon the posts L to support said disk. rI'he step Q is preferably bored ont lengthwise to form a port, p, for the introduction of lubricant between the post L and disk-hub M, and, as shown in Fig. 2, I may employ a jam nut, It, for the purpose of holding said step in the position to which it may be adjusted. By adjusting the step Q the disk N is raised or lowered to bring the buckets O to or from the inclined plates, 'ae-- cordingly as may be found necessary or desirable, for the purpose of getting the center line of said buckets in register with the nozzles II I of the water-chest. ,lhe disk-hub M is flanged at its ends, and is finished up to serve as a pulley for a belt, (not showin) whereby power from the motor may be trans` mitted to the point of utilization; but it is obvious that the hub of the disk need not be necA essarily in the form of a pulley, this construcltion having been shown merely as a matter of convenience, it being readily understood that said disk-hub may be of any desirable length and have a pulley secured thereto at a point more or less remote from the disk proper.

In the operation of my invention water under pressure is let into the chest G, and finds its outlet through the nozzle II against the buckets or i'loats O on the extension N of the disk N, thus causing the latter to revolve on the post L. rIhe inclined plate K nearest the nozzle II strips the water from the disk and buckets at the poi nt where the force has been expended to rotate said disk. The waste-water is deflected by said plate into the chamber l2 of the casing A, and from this chamber flows into the chamber D to pass out through the -dischargeopening E .of the latter chamber. 'By stripping the water from the buckets and disk the moment the force has been expended none of this water will be carried on by cen trifugal force or pressure,andhence themove ment of the disk is notin any wise retarded and a continued rotation of the disk. `The water stripped from the disk has its circular motion arrested by the chambers R C D, that depend from the easing A.,and is thus caused to readily flow off through the discharge-opening E in the latter chamber. In case there is a great pressure from the source of supply I actuate the lever J2 to draw down the cutoff J, and thus open the nozzle I to distribute this pressure equally on the buckets of the disk. The inclined plate K nearest the nozzle I serves the same purpose of the plate previously de'- scribed, the only difference being that the water is stripped down into the chamber C of the casing. The pressure of the water against the disk in an upward gdirection tends to raise said disk, and thereby proportionately all the force of the water is utilized to canse i lessen the friction of the step Q, on the post L. Consequently there is comparatively little wear between the two parts last named, or re' sistance to the force. Some-water will tind its way' up around the post L and serve as a lu1 bricant for the disk-hub; but I prefer to introduce a lubricating compound through the port p in the step Q,that bears on said post.

lIaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A il. A water-1notor that comprises a casing having three depending and communicating` chambers, one of which is transverse to the remaining two and provided with a dischargeopening, a waterchest arranged in the casing and provided with inlet and outlet openings, and a disk, also arranged within said casing and provided with a series of buckets that come in successive opposition to the outlet of the water-chest, substantially as set forth.

2. A water-motorthat comprises a casing having three depending and communicating chambers, one of which is transverse to the remaining two, and is also provided with a discharge-opening, inclined plates arranged within the easing to extend inward over two of said chambers, a water-chest arranged in said casi ng and provided with inlet and outlet openings, a post projecting from the waterchest, and a disk that isloose on the post and provided with a series of buckets that `come in successive opposition to the outlet-opening of said water-chest and pass in proximity to the upper edges of said inclined plates, snbstan tially as set forth.

3. A. water-motor that comprises a casing having three depending and communicating chambers, one of which is transverse to the remaining two and provided with a dischargeopening, a waterchest arranged in the casing and provided with inlet and outlet openings, a cut-off for thc outlet-opening of the waterehest, a' post projecting from said water-chest, and a disk loose on the post and provided with a series of buckets that comein successive opposition to said outlet-opening of the waterchest, substantially as set forth.

fl.. A water-motor that comprises a easing having three depending and communicating chambers, one of which is transverse to the remaining two and provided with a dischargeopening, a water-chest arranged within the casing and provided with an inlet-opening and two outlet-openings, these out-let-openings being at opposite ends and on opposite sides of said water-chest, a cut-off for one of said outlet-openin gs, a post projecting from the waterchest, and a disk loose on the post and provided with a series of buckets that come in successive opposition to said outlet-openings of the water-chest, substantially as set forth.

5. .A water-motor that comprises a casing having three depending and communicating chambers, one of which is transverse to the remaining two and provided with a dischargeopening, a waterchest arranged within the IOC IIO

casing and provided with inlet and outlet openings, a post projecting from the waterchest, a disk loose on the post and provided with a series of buckets arranged to come in successive opposition to the outletopening of said water-chest, inclined plates arranged in said casing to extend over two ofthe depend ing chambers and have their upper edges corne adjacent to the disk-buckets, and a step adjustably arranged in the hub of said disk to have a bearing on the post and provided with an axial port, substantially as set forth.

l. A Water-motor comprising a casing having a discharge-opening, a Water-chest ar ranged Within the casing and provided with inlet and outlet openings, a post projecting from the Waterechcst, a disk loose on the post and provided with an ollset extension having a series 0I' buckets arranged thereon to come in successive opposition to the outletopening of said Water-chest, and an inclined inwardly-extended plate arranged upon the inside of said casing to have the outer portion ofits upper edge adjacent to the disk-buckets at a point beyond said ontletopening of the water-chest, and the inner portion of said edge turned up to form a lip, substantially as set forth.

7. A Water-motor comprising the casing A, provided with the depending and communicating chambers B G D, the Water-chest G, having the inlet-opening c and nozzles H I, the eut-off J, for the nozzle I, the inclined plates K, provided with the li ps j", the post L, projecting from the Water-chest, the disk N, having the offset extension N', provided with the buckets O, the disk-hub M, the step Q, arranged in said disk-hub to bear upon said post, and the flanged ring l?, secured to the rim of the easing to overlap said extension of the disk, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presence oltwo witnesses.

RICHARD EMERSON.

'fVitnesses:

A. CARY JUDD, N. M. Ln Pnnvos'r. 

